Once the showplace of the village, it is now neglected and dilapidated. Faraday is called out to the local manor house, Hundreds Hall. Set during a time when making house calls was the norm for a family physician, Dr. The novel features as protagonist, a single, middle-aged doctor in rural Warwickshire. Set in post-war England, a time of shortages and managing with little, a time of both psychological and literal recovery from the devastation of WWII. I sheepishly admit that the cover was what attracted me to the novel at first. The best-selling novelist Stephen King is quoted on the back cover as saying “The best book I read this year”. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize it is more than a ghost story - more than a historical novel, it is a literary work of merit. Cloaked in atmosphere, as any historical novel should be, “ The little stranger” by Sarah Waters lived up to it’s stellar reputation.
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